3 Changes Joachim Low Should Consider as Germany Face Poland

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Published: June 15, 2016

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Germany face Poland in their second match of the group stages at Euro 2016 in the Stade de France on Thursday. Seeing as both teams won their opening games against Ukraine and Northern Ireland, respectively, the matchup could already decide the winner of Group C.

If recent history is anything to go by, it's going to be a close contest. The two teams have met three times in the last two years, with one win for each side in the qualifiers and a draw in the warm-up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Germany won their qualification group with just one point of advantage over Poland, who outscored the world champions by a whopping nine goals in 10 matches.

The eastern Europeans' victory over Northern Ireland was arguably every bit as impressive as Germany's over Ukraine, although it was hard work to break down a fairly defensive-minded opponent whose main focus seemingly was to not allow the imperious Robert Lewandowski to score.

Germany allowed more chances in their match, failing to really control the game especially in the first half. Miguel Delaney wrote for ESPN FC: 

Germany were supreme for the first 20 minutes and really moved the ball about slickly. It led to the foul on Thomas Muller and a typically brilliant delivery from Toni Kroos that [Shkodran] Mustafi met with such emphatic power. Once they got that, though, a complacency that has been seen right through qualifying set in, and they were the inferior side until half-time.

Ukraine failed to take advantage of that complacency, but Germany shouldn't expect Poland to do the same. They have a "balanced and deadly strike partnership" in Lewandowski and the roaming Arkadiusz Milik, scorer of the winner against Northern Ireland, as Peter McVitie pointed out for Goal.com.

With Grzegorz Krychowiak masterfully shielding the back line, Poland could prove more difficult to create chances against than Ukraine. With their opponents on Thur...
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